Around this time last year, the Austin Film Society programmed a short series devoted to early, earthy Barbara Stanwyck films made before the Production Code. The prune-faced Code, with its nagging ...

In the early days, Hollywood was an interesting and complex playground. Under long studio contracts and the watchful eye of Will H. Hays at the Motion Picture Production Code, it could be difficult to ...

Old movies are old movies, but pre-Code movies are something else — old and new, vintage and yet strangely and refreshingly modern. Pre-Code festivals used to be an annual staple in San Francisco, but ...